AI Governance and Adoption Lead

Westcon-Comstor; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Westcon-Comstor is seeking an AI Governance and Adoption Lead in Sydney to shape governance for unstructured data and drive responsible AI adoption across APAC. You will develop practical governance standards, collaborate with Legal and IT Security, and promote effective use of AI tools and programmes throughout the region.

You will translate complex concepts into actionable governance, engage stakeholders, and foster cross‑functional alignment to ensure scalable, useful governance without

Qualifications

• At least five years in data governance, knowledge management or information management
• Experience supporting generative AI or AI/ML initiatives
• Understanding of how unstructured data supports AI systems
• Strong programme and project management in a matrixed organisation
• Ability to influence without direct authority and build alignment
• Comfort operating in ambiguous environments and creating structure

Responsibilities

• Develop a governance framework for unstructured data across AI initiatives
• Support adoption and rollout of AI tools/programmes across APAC
• Monitor business value and performance of AI initiatives
• Collaborate with business owners to improve data quality and manage content risks
• Champion knowledge management practices including taxonomy and metadata
• Coordinate with Legal, Compliance and IT Security on privacy and risk
• Engage stakeholders, provide training, and enable users
• Build relationships across the business to influence outcomes

Skills

Data governance

Knowledge management

Information management

Stakeholder engagement

AI governance

Communication skills

Job description

Vacancy No

VN15014

Job Title

AI Governance and Adoption Lead

Office Location

AU-Sydney

About the Role

We are looking for a pragmatic and commercially minded APAC AI Governance & Adoption Lead to help shape how we manage unstructured data and support the responsible adoption of AI across the region.

Sitting within our global Analytics & AI team, you will develop practical governance standards for documents, emails, contracts, knowledge bases and other content that supports AI. You will also represent Data & Analytics across APAC, helping teams adopt AI tools, agents and programmes effectively.

This role would suit someone who can turn complex concepts into practical action, build support across a matrixed organisation and introduce appropriate governance without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Develop a practical governance framework for how unstructured data is created, classified, stored, maintained and retired
• Support the adoption and rollout of AI tools and programmes across APAC
• Monitor and communicate the business value and performance of AI initiatives
• Work with business owners to improve data quality, manage content risks and ensure knowledge assets are suitable for AI use
• Champion knowledge management practices, including taxonomy, metadata and content lifecycle management
• Partner with Legal, Compliance and IT Security to align governance with privacy, risk and security requirements
• Support stakeholder engagement, training, communications and user enablement
• Build strong relationships across the business and influence outcomes without direct authority

Qualifications / Requirements

• At least five years’ experience in data governance, knowledge management, information management or a closely related discipline
• Demonstrated experience supporting generative AI or AI and machine learning initiatives
• A strong understanding of how unstructured data supports and affects AI systems
• Strong programme and project management skills, with a track record of delivering cross functional outcomes in a matrixed organisation
• Proven ability to influence without direct authority and build alignment and accountability across teams
• Confidence operating in ambiguous and evolving environments, with the ability to create structure where little currently exists
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain technical governance concepts to non technical audiences
• A practical mindset and a focus on building governance frameworks that are useful, scalable and adopted by the business
• Experience with data privacy frameworks, enterprise content management systems, retrieval augmented generation, vector search architectures or an Analytics, Data or AI centre of excellence would be advantageous. Relevant certifications such as CDMP, IGQ, CIPP, PRINCE2 or PMP would also be viewed favourably.